Imagine for a moment that you have a child or teenager who is suicidal, suffering from depression, severe anxiety, an eating disorder, a drug addiction or another mental-health problem.

You can seek the care of a psychiatrist, a service covered by medicare, but the wait for an appointment is months, maybe even a year. Or, you can seek the help of a psychologist or social worker who also does therapy. There is no wait but services are not covered by medicare, so you must pay out of pocket, roughly $125 an hour.

Winnipeg, MB - The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has awarded $1.37 million in funding to a team at the University of Manitoba that is led by James Davie, Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Chromatin Dynamics. The researchers will study the complex genetic and other factors that contribute to the development of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

Winnipeg, MB - The Canadian Institutes of Health Research has awarded $1.37 million in funding to a team at the University of Manitoba that is led by James Davie, Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Chromatin Dynamics. The researchers will study the complex genetic and other factors that contribute to the development of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).

As we look towards 2015 and assess our efforts to date, significant progress has been made in maternal and child health, HIV/AIDS transmission, and nutrition. Despite these gains, women and children continue to die unnecessarily each year.

Increasingly, we see health problems attributed to noncommunicable diseases. We are also experiencing disturbingly high incidences of mental health problems and suicide